Multiple horse holder and releaser.



F. F. CHOITZ.

MULTIPLE HORSE HOLDER AND RELEASER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24. I916.

Patented July 17, 1917'.

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GARNEIRO, KANSAS.

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Specification of Letters lPatent.

Application filed May 2 1, 1918. Serial No. 99,644.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Fnnnmcm F. Onorrz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Garneiro, in the county of Ellsworth and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Multiple Horse Holders and Releasers, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to improvements in multiple horse holders and releasers and its object is to provide means whereby a number of animals may be hitched in a stable and simultaneously or individually released as desired. Another object is to produce a device of this class that is simple in construction and operation and cheap to manufacture. With the foregoing and other obJects in view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of piirts to be hereinafter fully described in t 's specification, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of said specification and in which- Figure is a top plan view of my devlce showing its application in a stable.

Fig. 2 is a front'elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross section through Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view of Fig. 3 with the movable tion taken on line 55 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of Fig. 7. Fig. 7 is a section taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a stable provided with the partitions 2 that divide it 1nto the stalls 3. he manger Wall 1 is provided with the top rail 5 which carries the side rail 6 and to the top rail adjacent the said side rail and within each stall 3 1 provide a bracket 7 that pivotally supports a depending post 8 bifurcated as at 9 at Its lower extremity for releasable engagement with the crest portion 10 of a beveled lip 11 formed integral with a segmental plate 12 which is connected by a pivot pin 13 to a supporting bracket 14 secured directly to the manger wall 1.

A pull rod 15 extends through the several stalls 3, above the brackets 14, through one end of the stable and is connected to a hand tion. Fig. 5 is a seclever 16 located outside the stable and pivoted to a bracket 17 carried by the stable; Within each stall an angular spring arm 18 is secured to the pull rod 15 with one end disposed in a depression in the plate 12. In Fig. 3 of the drawings the device is shown in operative position. The bifurcated end of the post 8 is in engagement with the crest of the lip 11, the hitching ring 19 having been laced about the post 8 previous to its speci ed engagement. To release one animal at a time one arm 18 is manually raised out of its frictional engagementwith its plate 12 and that plate moved upon its pivot 13 until the beveled lip 11 passes out of engagement with the post 8; the ring 19 may now be removed thus freeing the animal. To release all of the animals simultaneously the operator from outside the stable moves the pull rod in a manner to cause the several arms 18 to move their plates 12 into a position to disengage the lips 11 from the posts 8 thus freeing the several hitching rings .19 and freeing the animals. The device'is re-set by placing the arms 18 individually into enengagement again with their respective plates 12.

What is claimed is 1. In a multiple horse holder and releaser, a pull rod, pivotal plates disposed in aplane below the horizontal plane of said pull rod, integral beveled lips formed upon said plates, pivotally suspended posts normally engaging the said beveled lips and means connecting said pull rod and said ivotal plates whereby movement of the ormer may be transmitted to the latter.

2. In a multiple horse holder and releaser, a pull rod, pivotal plates disposed in a plane below the horizontal plane of said pull rod, integral beveled lips formed upon said plates, pivotally suspended posts having their lower ends bifurcated for normal engagement with the crest of the said beveled lips and means connecting said pull rod and pivotal plates whereby movement of the former may be transmitted to the latter.

3. In a multiple horse holder and releaser a pull rod, pivotal plates disposed in a plane below the horizontal plane of said pull rod, integral beveled lips formed upon said plates, pivotally suspended posts having Patented July it, 1%13.

their lower ends bifurcated for normal entn're in the presence of two subscribing witgagelnent with the crest of the said beveled messes. lips and angular arms carried by said pull rod and normally engaging said pivotal FRIEDRICH CHOITZ' 1 plates. Witnesses:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing PAUL V. SMITH as my own I have hereto aflixed my signa- J. F. PFLUGHOEIZT. 

